Trailing Into Autumn: Sauntering along the Billy Goat Trail

How does one enjoy a free trip home in late-October courtesy of a work trip to the nation’s capital? Go for a hike with the parentals and shoot lots of photos of the East Coast in all its fall glory, of course! And what a glorious day it was. The sky was blue, the waters […]

Sunset Views: Albany Bulb

Sunsets on the horizon. The weather’s been getting colder, and the winter rains are coming. Wrapped in a fuzzy blanket next to a pile of sweet smelling, fresh laundry, I find my mind wandering. Wandering over the last year. Wandering through the photos, the places, and the people. Wondering what I’ll do and where I’ll […]

Wine Country Shenanigans

I just came home last night from a two-day off-site in Napa Valley for work. They planned an “Amazing Race” event for us where we ended up scurrying around Napa Valley and its surrounding towns like maniacs trying to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles with alacrity and enthusiasm. My team came in at seventh. Out […]

Star gazing

We went stargazing last night and saw a few shooting stars from the annual Perseid meteor shower, and while we only saw a couple meteors, it was fun traipsing around the back hills of Berkeley and other parts of the East Bay (alas, Tilden Park was a bust– too much fog) in search of a […]

Santa Cruz Life – Summer Living

It’s been a while. Hello, Internet! Hello, summer! A couple posts back, I announced that I had received a job offer. Then I promptly fell off the face of the planet. My Instagram account has remained fairly active, but the number of posts subsided, and my online presence at home took a deep dive. Let […]

Art Show! Eha Comics

It’s always great to see my friends succeed at their passions. My friend Eddie is one of these friends. In addition to being a great lawyer in San Francisco, he is an awesome comic book artist. Eddie is the author and artist behind ehacomics (Instagram and Twitter). I recently had the privilege of attending […]

Winter Wonderland

Snow! Snow snow snow! In true California-style, I am a self-admitted weakling afraid of cold. Snow is painful now. Especially blizzards such as the one I encountered in Maryland. Thank goodness for heaters and double paned windows. I am also way overdue for a post. Lots of movement has been churning up my life lately, […]

A Path Forward—Railroads and Crossings

In Europe, railways are the old veins of the countries. They bring a constant stream of people from place to place. Country to country. Like cobwebs spun by the spindly legs of a spider, the railroads connect from city to city in an interconnected network of wrought iron and steel. When I was living and […]

Coffee Dreams

I’ve been frequenting a lot of coffee shops in San Francisco lately. I get cabin fever easily, and I feel the incessant urge to leave my house each day. Generally, I try to save money by making coffee at home (San Francisco coffee is expensive!), but I sometimes give in to my inner demons and […]

Inspiration: Looking Up

I recently went to a talk given by Pei Ketron (@pketron, Penelope’s Loom) in the Apple Store of downtown San Francisco. Her talk was a part of Apple’s #startsomethingnew campaign, and it was the first time I decided to get “out there” and meet someone new from the Instagram world. Pei’s photography is beautiful, crisp, […]